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In April 2003, the United States drew up a list of most-wanted Iraqis, consisting of the 55 members of the deposed Ba'athist Iraqi regime whom they most wanted to capture. The list was turned into a set of playing cards for distribution to United States-led Coalition troops. Later, in 2003, the list was renumbered so that it mostly conformed to the order of the playing cards (see most-wanted Iraqi playing cards).
| Dead | Imprisoned | Released | At large |
| No. | Name | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Saddam Hussein | President of Iraq | Executed on 30 December 2006 |
| 2. | Qusay Hussein | Director of the SSO | Killed on 22 July 2003 |
| 3. | Uday Hussein | Commander of Fedayeen Saddam | Killed on 22 July 2003 |
| 4. | Abid Hamid Mahmud | Presidential Secretary | Executed on 7 June 2012 |
| 5. | Ali Hassan al-Majid | Director of IIS | Executed on 25 January 2010 |
| 6. | Izzat al-Douri | Vice President of Iraq | Died on 25 October 2020 |
| 7. | Hani Abd Latif Tilfah | Director of the SSO | Captured on June 21, 2004 [1] |
| 8. | Aziz Saleh al-Numan | Member of the Regional Command | Died in custody on January 2024 |
| 9. | Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi | Prime Minister of Iraq | Died in custody on 2 December 2005 |
| 10. | Kamal Mustafa Abdullah | Secretary of the Republican Guard | Sentenced to death on 6 June 2011 [2] |
| 11. | Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman | Commander of the Republican Guard | Released on 29 June 2020 |
| 12. | Muzahim Saab Hassan | Air Defense Force Commander | Released in April 2012 |
| 13. | Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar | Armed Forces Chief of Staff | Died of cancer on 28 October 2010 |
| 14. | Saif al-Din al-Rawi | Chief of Staff of the Republican Guard | Believed to be at large |
| 15. | Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah | Director of the Public Security | Believed to be at large |
| 16. | Tahir Jalil Habbush | Director of IIS | Believed to be at large |
| 17. | Hamid Raja Shalah | Air Force Commander | Released in 2007 |
| 18. | Latif Nassif Jassim | Deputy chairman of the Ba’ath Party | Died of heart attack on 30 August 2021 |
| 19. | Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh | Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | Released in 2006 |
| 20. | Taha Yassin Ramadan | Vice President of Iraq | Executed on 20 March 2007 |
| 21. | Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar | Chief of Tribal Affairs | Killed in 2003 |
| 22. | Jamal Mustafa Abdullah | Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs | Released on 30 June 2020 [3] |
| 23. | Mizban Khadr al-Hadi | RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region | Died on 16 May 2020 [4] |
| 24. | Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf | Vice President of Iraq | Died of cancer on 9 August 2009 |
| 25. | Tariq Aziz | Deputy Prime Minister | Died of heart attack on 5 June 2015 |
| 26. | Walid Hamid Tawfiq | Governor of Basrah Governorate | Released on 25 June 2020 [5] |
| 27. | Sultan Hashim | Minister of Defense | Died on 19 July 2020 |
| 28. | Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim | Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min. | Died of cancer on 27 January 2012 |
| 29. | Mahmud Dhiyab | Minister of the Interior | Released on 9 July 2012 |
| 30. | Iyad Futayyih | Al Quds Force Chief of Staff | Died of a stroke on 18 May 2018 [6] |
| 31. | Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib | DMI Director | Died on 15 June 2020 [7] |
| 32. | Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi | Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen | Released in 2005 |
| 33. | Amer Mohammad Rashid | Presidential Advisor | Released in April 2012 |
| 34. | Hossam Mohammed Amin | National Monitoring Director | Died in the UAE on 8 July 2021 [8] |
| 35. | Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih | Minister of Trade | Released on 18 March 2012 |
| 36. | Sabawi Ibrahim | Head of the Directorate of General Security | Died of cancer on 8 July 2013 |
| 37. | Watban Ibrahim | Interior Minister of Iraq | Died on 13 August 2015 [9] |
| 38. | Barzan Ibrahim | Presidential Advisor | Executed on 15 January 2007 |
| 39. | Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash | Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman | Released on 18 December 2005 |
| 40. | Abd al-Baqi Abd Karim al-Sadun | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Baghdad | Died on 14 December 2021 |
| 41. | Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov | Sentenced to life imprisonment on 9 April 2009 |
| 42. | Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim | Minister of Oil | Released on 21 April 2023 |
| 43. | Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur | Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research | Released on 18 December 2005 |
| 44. | Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Basrah Gov. | Killed in 2003 [10] |
| 45. | Nayef Shindakh Thamir | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov. | Killed in 2003 [11] |
| 46. | Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Muthanna Gov. | Killed in Mosul by the Islamic State in 2014 [12] |
| 47. | Fadil Mahmud Gharib | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Babil/Karbala Gov. | Killed in Mosul by the Islamic State in 2014 [12] |
| 48. | Muhsin Khadar al-Khafaji | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Qadasiyah Gov. | Died in July 2017 [13] |
| 49. | Rashid Taan Kazim | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Anbar Governorate | Believed to be at large |
| 50. | Uglah Abid Siqir al-Kubaysi | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Maysan Governorate | Released in April 2012 |
| 51. | Ghazi Hamoud Al-Obaidi | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Wasit Gov. | Died of cancer in April 2007 |
| 52. | Adil Abdullah Mahdi Al-Douri | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Dhi Qar Governorate | Died on 22 March 2004 [14] |
| 53. | Hussein Al-Awadi | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ninawa Governorate | Captured on June 9, 2003 |
| 54. | Khamis Sirhan | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Karbala Governorate | Died on 11 January 2013 [15] |
| 55. | Saad Abdul-Majid | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov. | Died on 16 April 2021 [16] |
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